Danville intelligencer. (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, January 19, 1906, Image 1
DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER VOL. LXXVII. TIT SUCCESSFUL SKIN GRAFTING Howard Geiger, the 16-year-old sou of Levi Geiger, Limestone township, who was so shockingly injured by be ing dragged under a cultivator last summer, lias now practically recover ed after a long Bicge of over five months of suffering. It is one of the most remarkable cases of skin grafting on record. The accident will be easily recalled by Morning News readers. On June 10th last Howard Geiger was riding a cultivator on his father's farm. One of the horses becoming restive struck the tongue, which caused it to break. As the result of this the front part of the cultivator dropped, which caused Howard to fall from the seat striking the ground right in front of the teeth; at the same moment the horses sprang forward anil ran away dragging the boy along under the cultivator. It was a most shocking accident. Dragging Howard along the horses ran fully one fourth of a mile the boy being releas ed as the cultivator crossed a deep ditch, which ]>ermitted his body to drop below the range of the teeth. As might be imagined his body was one mass of cuts and bruises, while his left arm was injured to such an extent as to make the possibility of recovery very remote, indeed. Every vestige of skin was stripped from the arm from near the shoulder to the wrist. The skin was stripped in one mass by the action of the harrow teeth just as a stocking is pulled downward off a hu man limb. A surgeon's knife could not have made a neater job of it. In addition to this on the under side of the arm above the elbow the muscle itself was town away and the bono was exposed. Such was the case that our towns man, Dr. R. S. Patten, then of Wash ingtonville, was called to grapple with. That he at once reassured the family and set about to grow a new skin on the flayed arm and even to restore the use of that member attests alike to the grip that the physician had upon liis profession and his confidence in mod ern methods of surgery. That he has succeeded under the circumstances is a splendid testimonial alike to his skill, close application and devotion to the welfare of his patient. The injured arm from its contact with the ploughed field was in a dread ful condition and it was fully three weeks before the physician could get the arm clean and ready for the pro cess of skin grafting. It was necessary to administer anaesthetics to the pati ent each day for a week while dress •»g the injury. It was nearly a month after the ac cident before the first skin could be grafted and then the surface to be cov ered was of such dimensions as to nearly discourage hope of success. There seemed to be but practically one source from which to obtain the skin for the process of grafting and that was from the boy himself. All the rest of the family were needed to con duct the affairs of the farm and to have placed them under the surgeon's knife in this way would have incapa citated them for work. The skin needed was taken first from Howard's limbs and then from his sides, cut in strips some two inches long by one inch wide. An anaesthetic had to be used with each operation and but a very small surface could be covered at one time. The body where tlie skin had been removed had to be given an opportunity to heal and thus skin could be grafted only at intervals of three weeks. Meanwhile the phy sician succeeded in drawing the muscle together where the bone was exposed and the process of general healing be gan. Nothing more tedious along with the paihfulness of the thing can be con ceived of. By the first of September after over two months of skin grafting the greater part of the arm was still exposed. Meanwhile the boy's limbs and his sides were kept raw where the skin had been removed, although care was taken to produce healing as rapid ly as possible. To afford the poor boy relief the ex periment of using tlie skin of a chick en was tried. This was likewise dem onstrated as a success. The skin from under the wing of a liviug chicken was grafted onto Howard's arm along with the skin from the other parts of his own body and one grew as well as the other. through the autumn and early winter the skin grafting went on, Jhe last operation taking place about three weeks ago. Howard is now practically well again and is assisting his father on the farm and does all kinds of work. Despite the discouraging outlook at the time of the accident the boy has regained the full use of his arm and he finds that it is as strong as it ever was. The only results of the accident that re main are the deep scars that cover the boy's body, both where the skin was removed on his limbs-and sides ami on his arm where* it was grafted. The scars, however, can be easily borne, considering that recovery has come af ter such terrible injury and such a long siege of doubt and suffering. First Car. The merry hum of the street car was heard Tuesday when tlie first car was put to work on the new trolley line. The car was an object of interest and everybody stopped to take a look at it as it sped along over the new rails and road bed. By the time the robbius arrive Sunbury will have trolley ser vice second to none.—Sunbury Item. SHOItT SESSION OF COURT Pursuant'to adjournment on Tues day evening Court convened on Satur day morning and disposed of what business was on hand. His Honor Judge Little and Associates Blee and Wagner occupied the bench. There were a few petitions present ed, but beyond these there was but lit tle business on hand. Three more townships of the county —Anthony, Derry and Limestone— have fallen into line in favor of ab olishing the work tax and adopting better methods in road building. A petition from each of these was pre sented to Court asking for a change in the system of taxation for road pur poses. In each case the petition was granted. There are now but two town ships of the county that have not peti tioned the Court for a change in taxa tion as above described. A divorce was granted Saturday in the case of Albert H. Jones vs. Mrs- Elizabeth Jones. A petition was granted rolatiug to a charter for the Fraternal Order of Eagles Hall Association. The bond of K. Olive Thompson, Committee of David Wands, was filed and approved by the Court. A petition was grauted for rule on heirs, &c., to accept or refuse real estate at valuation in the case of Horace B. Bennett et. al., vs. K.Olive Thompson. Fewer Cases of Diphtheria Miss Bertha Cloud, daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. Charles G. Cloud, East Mar ket street, who was taken ill of diph theria last week, is now well along on the road to recovery. She is already able to sit up. The disease was of a very inni ignant type. But auti toxiu was early administered and this to gether with the excellent medical at tendance and good nursing seems to have been potent in bringing about the best of results. Miss Cloud, who is a pupil of the High School, is much beloved by her teachers and school mates and the fav orable tidings from the sick room are hailed as very good news, indeed. It is worthy of note in this connection that Miss Cloud's enforced absence from her classes occasioned by her ill ness is the first time that she has lost at school in seven years. In all this time she has never been absent so much as a half a day. Dr. Shultz, Secretary of the Board of Health, states that there is a gradu al diminution in the number of cases of diphtheria. Now aud then a new case breaks out, but these are more than counterbalanced by the number of places where the quarantine is rais ed. As usual at this season diphtheria is in evidence over the country gener ally, although at no place nearby has it assumed the form of an epidemic. Among the new cases reported within a day or so is one in Mahoning town ship. Ripper Repeal Bill Reported. The House Municipal Corporations committee yesterday morning decided to report favorably the Philadelphia "ripper" repeal bill,and held over the Greater Pittsburg bill, on which au open hearing will be held on Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. It was quick work on the "ripper," but the Republican members are tumbling over each other in hastening to the call for reform leg islation. THE CHAPLAIN 18 FACETIOUS. When the House met yesterday morn ing, Chaplain Moore, who, on the two previous days had attracted attention by his prayers, offered the following: "O Lord, we commend Thy blessing to rest upon # these dear Representa tives. We verily believe that there is not a man on the floor that money or political influence could constrain to puncture the dear old Constitution of this State. May these Representatives quickly consummate the legislation of this session and goto their homes and loved ones and then they can afford to patiently wait their judgment day in November." MR. CREASY'S TWO BILLS. Mr. Creasy,of Columbia, introduced two bills in which Grangers of the State have been deeply interested for years. One provides that the State shall return to the counties nine-tenths of the personal property tax instead of three-fourths, as now, and the other provides that ail ficense fees shall be returned by counties instead of a part being taken by the State. If the two "bills are both passed and become laws a difference of considerably over a half million dollars will be made in the revenue of the State. Mr. Fow, of Philadelphia, introduc ed a bill to provide for the salaries and expenses of the members, etc. Mr. Ammermau introduced a resolu- I tier requiring the Insurance Commis sion to report the amount of fees re ceived last year, which was amended to include the Secretary of the Com monwealth, and passed. At 10:25 o'clock the House adjourn ed until 10 o'clock this morning. The two bills which were introduc ed on Monday by Mr. Pnsey, of Dela ware, placing the Secretary of the Commonwealth on a salary of $lO, 000 per annum and the Insurance Com missioner upon a salary ot SB,OOO per annum, and abolishing all fees in the two offices, were reported favorably from committee yesterday morning and will appear on the calendar this morning. "VLXDGKD BUT TO TBUTH, TO ÜBIHT AWD LAW—NO FAVOR SWA YB US AKO HO Fill WW ATA ATI' DANVILLE. MONTOUR COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 190(5. FAMILY NEARLY ASPHYXIATED The family of JOIIII Springer, Mo wrey street, escupeil death from asphyxia tion by the narrowest possible margin Monday morning. During the day the entire family was ill, Mrs. Spring er, especially, being in a precarious condition. When the family retired Sunday night the fires were fixed as usual and it was thought that the stoves were closed and the draught properly ar ranged. About 8 o'clock Monday morning Mr. Springer was aroused by his wife vomiting. She was very sick. The man hastily arose but he no soon er got out of bed than he fell to the floor and was unable to arise. About this time Anna, the half-grown daughter of the family,got awake and attempted to arise. She, too, fell to the floor and lav there helpless. At this juncture Bruce, the sou, who slejit in another part of the house and escaped the effects of the gas, hearing the noise made an investiga tion. Taking in the situation he quick ly threw open the windows and assist ed his father back to bed. Meanwhile the girl made her way to a window where her cries aroused the neighbors. Dr. T. B. Winterste'en was called and under his cate the afflicted per sons soon fouud relief, although Mrs. Springer, who has been in poor health for some time past, seems to suffer the most. Her condition was by no means encouraging yesterday. Mr. Springer and the daughter yesterday suffered with headache and nausea, but their recovery seems only a question of time. By some accident the plate on top of the heater in the room below became displaced. The ornament by which ; the plate was surmounted was found in place, but the lid was slightly out of position permitting the fumes which should have goue up the pipe to escape into the room. Funeral of Miss (iearhart. All that was mortal of Miss Emeline Stuart Gearhart was consigned to the grave in Mt. Vernon cemetery Satur day afternoon. The obsequies took place from the family residence at 2 p. m., interment being private. The services were conducted by Rev. |S. B. Evans, pastor of St. Paul's M. E. church, of which the deceased was a member, assisted by Rev. Harry Cur tin Harman, of Milton, former pastor of St. Paul's. The pall bearers were : Major C. P. Gearhart,Charles P. Han cock, A. H. Woolley, R. B. Diehl, W. E. Gosh, and Dr. Edward Schultz. The flowers, indeed, were very beautiful, and came from many differ out sources. Two of the tributes were especially noteworthy, one being from the Daughters of the American Revolu tion,of which the deceased was a mem ber, and the other from the Order of Elks, to which Dr. J. B. Gearhart, brother of the deceased, belongs. The following out-of-town people at tended the fuueral: Mr. and Mrs. John R. Sharpless, of Hazletou; Mr. and Mrs. John R. Rote, Miss Margaret Rote and Miss Martha G., and Miss Stella B. Sober, of Harrisburg; Mrs. John K. Kremer, Miss Elizabeth Krem er, and John W. Bucher, of Lewis burg ; Mr. aud Mrs. R. E. Kelley, of Suubury; Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson and Miss Helen Jameson, of Berwick; A. H. Sharpless, of Catawissa ; and Mrs. Marv A. Mitchell, of Salt Lake City, Utah.' Garfield Literary Society. The Garfield Literary Society held its regular meeting in the High School room Friday afternoon and the fol lowing program was rendered: Recitation—"Lakeside," Miss Pat ton. Piano Solo, Miss Mary Jenkins. Declamation— 'The Soldier's Last Salute," Mr. Heim. Debate : Resolved, '' That the gov ernment should have control of Rail roads and Telegraphs.'' The affirma tive side was represented by Mr. Mor ris and Miss Hiatt; the negative by Mr. Latimer and Miss Mauger. The Judges, Mr. Peters, Miss Kase and Mr. McDermott, dceided in favor of the affirmative. (Open discussion of subject by So ciety). Piano Solo, Miss Finnigan. Recitation—'' The Frost Spirit,'' Miss McClow. Selection from '' Grand Opera,'' Glee Club. A Native of Danville. William Petriken Yerrick, brother of our townsmen, Rush Yerrick and Alfred Yerrick, departed this life at his home in Philadelphia, Tuesday, at j the hour of Ho was seventy-six years of age. The funeral will take place on Saturday at 2 p. m. The deceased was born in Danville at the family homestead, West Mahon ing street, the site of which is occupi ed now by the brick residence of Mrs. Louisa Bloch, No. 16. He learned the moulding trade,but did not work very long at it in Danville, leaving when still a vouug man for Philadelphia, where for many years he followed his trade. The deceased is still well re membered by some of our older resi dents. Merchants Arrested. Six of the leading merchants of Lock Haven have been placed under arrest for violating the pure food laws. Each of the merchants gave SIOO bail for a hearing. There is a fine of S3O on each charge. DESTRUCTIVE EIRE AT STOVE WORKS The Stove Works was the scene of a destructive fire Monday. For au hour or more the fate of the prosperous and steady running plant hung trembling in the balance ; that it was not de stroyed was due solely to the good management, the well directed and heroic efforts of the firemen. The fire abounded in sensational feat ures. To begin with it was located in the part of the plant in which extra ordinary precautions are taken to avoid fire—the portion in which are stored the patterns needed for the various lines of stoves and furnaces manufac tured and which represent a value of at least $75,000. To protect this por tion of the plant in case fire should break out elsewhere about the place the doors on the outside are lined with sheet iron, while the windows are pro tected with shutters also lined on the outside with iron. The very precau tions adopted to exclude the fire from the patterns yesterday served to confine the flames to that portion of the build ings and probably prevented wholesale destruction. The fire broke out a very few min utes after 7 o'clock. William Linker, the shipper, was busy in the first floor of the warehouse when he saw a sheet of flame pouring into the building from the first floor of the brick annex, on the second and third floors of which are stored the patterns. Quick as thought he slammed the large double door shut and gave the alarm of fire. The next moment the office sent in an alarm to the Washington Fire Com pany by telephone. When the fire was discovered the D. L. & W. switch en gine was at the stove works and it was the very first to sound the alarm, whistling loud and long. The import of the shrill whistle was at once un-1 derstood and when the next moment i j the familiar whistle of the stove works took up the alarm the fite was easily < located even by people in the remote t parts of town. The Washington Hose Company i was situated conveniently near. An- | other favorable circumstance was that | a good many members of that company j are employed at the Stove Works and aro not only acquainted witli the ins and outs of the place but yesterday were right on the ground ready for ac tion. As soon as the fire was discover ed the Stove works team was sent gal- j loping over to the " hose house and in a few minutes came I dashing back with the hose carriage j loaded down with an abundance of; hose. The Goodwill Hose Company j was a close second, its carriage loaded , with hose being brought over by the J team of the Hanover Brewing Com pany. The two other companies were j soon on the ground, the response of the j fire department on the whole being re markably prompt indeed. By the time the firemen arrived the j flames had enveloped nearly one-half j of the lower story and had burned through the floor above and was gain ing considerable headway in the sec ond story right among the patterns, j The firemen, many of whom were em- j ployes and familiar with conditions j realized that extreme care would have! to be exercised in fighting the flames , if any attempt was to be made to save the valuable patterns. Every precau tion would have to be taken to prevent a draught. But here another difficulty presented itself. The burning wood work was all of pine and the smoke in the closed building was a dense black volume in which no human being could live; and yet to play in through the windows with the hose, smashing the glass would be to admit a current | of air that would hurry the flames j along on their career of destruction and after all would give the firemen , only a questionable advantage. It was j considered a safer plan to carry the hose into the building facing the smoke j as long as the men could stand it, one gang relieving the other as fast as they felt themselves being overcome by the dense smoke, which was every two j or three minutes. At one time four hose were playing on the buildings two attached to the fire plug recently installed east of the plant and two to the old plug in the yard west of the plant. Sucli heroic work in the face of such obstacles has never "been wit nessed in Danville. Relay after relay of men would drag the hose into the burning building only to be driven out again blinded and choking after a few minutes in the dense smoke. Their persistence, however, brought its re ward ; the flames were checked and 1 finally wholly extinguished with only . a minimum of damage wrought. A visit to the works Monday re- | vealed the peril in wliioh the plant j stood during the fire. About one-half j of the woodwork on the first floor is nearly wholly destroyed and will have to bo rebuilt along with a portion of the floor and some of the woodwork on the second storv. Another minute and the flames would have been among the patterns, which are stored mostly about the middle and the northern end of the second floor. As it is the delicate pat terns are badly Mamaged. In a good many instances the follow boards are burned; in others they are soaked | with water and are warped, while the finely polished iron patterns are rust ing where drenched with water or are covered with a thick sticky substance deposited by the smoke. There are hundreds of patterns,all of which will have to be gone over; the damaged fol • (Continued on page 4) HEATH OE MRS. ROGER HENDRICKS Mrs. Ellen Hendricks, the wife of Roger Hendricks of Valley township, departed tins life at noon on Tuesday. Her demise removes one of the old and highly esteemed residents of Valley township. She was eighty years of age, her death being due to the ail ments of advaucod years. She had been ill since October. Besides her husband Mrs. Hendricks is survived by a son and daughter: Horace Hendricks of Berwick and Mrs. F. P. Appleman of Valley township, this county. Two brothers of the de ceased, John Albright of Wilkes-Barre and Franklin Albright of Philadelphia also survive. The funeral will take place, Satur day,meeting at the late residence near Mausdale at 11 a. m. Services will be held at the Mausdale Reformed church of which the deceased was a member for nearly forty years. Interment will be made in Bright's cemetery. The deceased, who before marriage was Ellen Albright, was a native of Up]>er Providence township, Mont gomery County, and belonged to the group of well-known families from that township of Montgomery County, who about 18H0 came to Montour, set tling in Valley and Anthony town ships—who for many years following were identified with affairs in their respective communities, but who as time wears on are one by one falling under the burden of years and yield ing their places to^others. ! It was in 1800 that the deceased along | with her husband, Roger Hendricks, i (tame to Montour County, settling on a farm on the Washiugtouvilie Road, 1 where the family lived until a few ! years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks were about i the last of the Montgomery peoplo to j move to Montour. They were preced ! Ed, in 1859, by George Surver and fam- I ily. John Hendricks, brother of Roger, j Joel Thomas and Jonathan Kirkner came up from Montgomery County about 1858. The two former settled in Valley township and the latter in Au | thouy, where the family at present re j mains and is prominently identified ! with the affairs of the township. It was at a still earlier date, probably as I far back as 1855, that Jesse Conway, who settled in Valley township, Abram Mooro, who bought a farm near Wiiite Hall and John Roberts, who located at Exchange,turned their backs on the I already densely populated section of the I State in Montgomery County and sought cheaper land in Montour. Not 'one of this trio is any longer living, j Jesse Conway died in tliis county a I few years ago. Abram Moore after i many years removed back to Mout | gomery where in the fullness of time i he was gathered to his fathers. John Roberts spent only a couple of years in Montour. Ho was a man of fine attainments, fond of research and was a musician <rt' marked ability. He had but little in common with life on a Montour Couuty farm and after n conplo of years' exporimont ho sold j out and removed .to Philadelphia. He j died a few years ago. Among other | Montgomery county people who came to Montour at the same time were George Supplee, who settled near Jerseytowu, and J. P. Bare, former Justice of the Peace of Danville, who accompanied the Hendricks family. To Abolish Mileage Excess. "The Homeless 26," an organization with 8200 members having for its ob ject the promotion among commercial, business and professional men of acqua intance,good fellowship and the mutu al interest of each other, has petition ed the secretary of internal affairs to proceed against the Pennsylvania rail road company for transcending its corporate functions and infringing up on the rights of citizens by retaining in addition to the price of S2O for a 1000-mile mileage book sloas a forfeit if any but the purchaser shall use the book. "The Homeless 26," which is a State association, regularly chartered, pre sents its petition through S. M. Wil liams, a niembor. Mr. Williams says he is advised that it is the special duty of the secretary of internal affairs to exercise a watchful supervision ov er railroad and other business corpora tions of the State, and in case any citizens shall charge under oath that a corporation is transcending its corpor ate functions or infringing upon rights of individual citizens the secretary ! shall investigate the charges, and ro | quire a social report from the corpo i ration. Should tho secretary beliove the charges are just, and the matter be yond individual redross, ho shall cer tify the matter to the Attorney Geuor al, who shall proceed to redress the same by a proceeding in court. Mr. Williams charges that the Penn sylvania railroad company transcends its functions aud infringes on the rights of citizens because charging S2O for a 1000-mile mileage book and an additional sum of $lO, which latter is refunded if the ticket is used exclu | sively by the original purchaser aud lawful owner. This, the petitioner holds, is illegal, and he prays Secretary Brown to take such action as the law aud constitu tion provide. Secretary Brown, who is in accord with all efforts to abolish the $lO retention scheme, will consider the matter and if he finds he can do so will lay the matter before Attornoy i General Carson with a request to take it to court. LICENSE COURT TOMORROW License Court will be held tomor row, January 19th, at 10 o'colck a. m. for hotel, wholesale liquor stores, dis tillers, brewers and bottlers. As far as known at present His Honor Judge Little will preside. There are just a round forty of ap plications, thirty-one being in Dan ville. In Anthony township there is one; in Derry township, two; in Lib erty township, one; in Valley town ship, three; in Washiugtouville, two. In Danville there are twenty-three ap plicants for hotel license; four applic ants for restaurant license ; two applic ants for wholesale liquor license and two applicants ofr brewery license. In the list advertised this year there are no new applicants; neither have any remonstrances been filed against granting any of the applications. The matter of licenses, therefore,to morrow will be very easily disposed of and the session of Court need not necessarily occupy much time. The application of George F. Oyster for distillery license, which has been in the column for many years past, is | absent from the list this year. The reason assigned is that the distillery which has been a landmark near Wash iugtouville for so long, is going out of business owing to the changed condi tions, which makes it impossible for a small plant of itskiud to compete with the large distilleries that have grown up in recent years. Mr. Oyster, who is now of advanced years, will retire. Many years ago the plant was operated by Butler and Oyster. Shot by His Brother. While the two boys of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. P. Sehwalberg, of Nescopeck, were at play yesterday morning, Rob ert, aged 14 years, shot his brother Carlton,aged 9 years, through the body with a 38-calibre revolver, the latter dying inside of eight minutes. The two youngsters were awakened by their mother about eight o'clock, but before coming down stairs they started to romp around tlie room in their night dresses, as young lads are wont to do. One had a toy pitsol, which had been a gift of Kris Kingle, and the other bethought himself of a iiß-calibre re volver kept locked up in the bureau drawer by their father. The lads got the key,and unlocking the drawer took out the gun, four chambers of which .were loaded. Not knowing the daugt<r, the two lads then started to snap the guns at each other, the younger armed with the toy pistol, and the older ono hold ing the partly loaded revolver. When the cylinder had been turnedto a load ed chamber, the cartridge was dis charged and the bullet entered the younger brother's body just under the shoulder and over the ribs. It pierced the body and came out at the back be tween the backbono and the fourth rib. and lodged in the wall of the room The bullet was later extracted from the wall by the lad who fired the gun. When shot, the boy at once scream ed from pain and fright,and ran down stairs. Mrs. Sehwalberg started up the stairs when she heard the shot,and had reached but the fourth step when the injured lad fell into her arms. She bore him down to the kitchen floor, where he died in about eight minutes. The older lad Robert, without wait ing to dress, ran down the street in his night gown for Dr. J. J. Myer, i whose house is throe blocks distant. | The doctor at once hastened to the! Sehwalberg house, but the boy breath ed his last just as the doctor reached there, Tho boy who was shot was ono of six children, and both parents are peo plo well know in Nesoopeck. Sustained Stroke in Store Alone. Stricken with apoplexy while alone in his place of business at tho corueV of Third and Walnut streets, Sunbury, Harry C. Wallizo, grocerymau, lay in an unconscious stupor on the floor all night long. Mr. Wallizo was stricken some time boforo midnight Tuesday. His clerk, Harry Snyder, left the store about half past nine o'clock Tuesday night. At that time Mr. Wallizo was in good health aud spirits and cheerfully bade his clerk good night. When Snyder arrived at the store Weduosday morn ing he discovered Mr. Wallize lying on the floor between the door and oouutor. His head rosted in a small pool of blood, oausod by a deep gash in his forehead aud he was unconscious aud breathing exceedingly heavily. Help was summoned and the victim was removed to the Mary M. Packer Hospital. The last - reports were that tho condition of tho patient showed uo improvement. The money drawer was open and the c mtents were scattered on the counter and over the floor. The beliof that Mr. Wallize was in the act of settling his cash account for the day when he was stricken or was going to look the front door. Mr. Wallize is agod 64 years and is j the father of Arthur B. Wallize, form- : er instructor in the Suubury High ! school,and who is now superintendent- 1 of the Milton schools. Have Private Tutors. The vaccination tempest has partly subsided in Lock Haven, but the prob lem is still far from settlement. The teachers continue to strictly enforce the law,and pay 110 heed to the wishes of the directors for a liberal interpre tation when it comes to immune for delicate children, says a report from Lock Haven. Each week a few more children aro vacoiuated, and re-enter school, but more than*one-third of the full enrollment is still out. Some of the well-to-do families, who decline to permit their childrou to be vaccin ated, have established kiudergarteus in their homes, and have engaged private instructors. MONTOUR'S PART IN (iREAHEEORM Little Montour is cutting as promi nent a figure in the great reform move ment on foot as any of her big sister counties of the Commonwealth. On Tuesday afternoon R. S. Ammer mau, Montour's Representative, intro duced a bill in the Legislature at Har risburg entitled an "Act to Regulate the Nomination of Public Officers, Providing for and Regulating the Holding of Primary Elections and Punishing Certain Offenses*in Regard ; to such Primary Elections." Mr. Ammemian's bill was approved by Committees of the Democratic Sen ators and Representatives in the Senate I caucus room on Tuesday night. It is j a purely reform measure and may be regarded as a supplement to the bill introduced by Senator Colpin of Lackawanna county, which is an Act "Requiring all Candidates and all Political Party Organizations to File a Sworn Statement of all Expenditures in any Campaign and Prohibiting Corporations or their Aleuts from Con tributing to Candidates or any Politic al Organization." Both Bills will be argued before the Elections Committee on next Monday night, Mr. Ammerman representing both measures. Below are given a few of the many excellent provisions of Mr. Ammer miiu's Bill. Section 1 provides that it shall hereafter be unlawful to be nomi nated, or to nominate or put or place in nomination, any candidate for any office in this state, to be filled by the votes of the people, including Congress men, Cougressmen-at-Large, State Senators and Judges of the several courts, by, at or in any convention, or any assemblage of delegates or repre sentatives, or in any other way, meth od or manner than is hereinafter provided ; Provided however, that the provisions of this Act shall not oper ate to change tlip system, commonly known as the couferee system, in con gressional, senatorial and judical dis tricts consisting of two or more coun ties where such systems are now in force. Section 2. There shall hereafter be held annually two primary elections and no more; one upon the second Tuesday of January and one upon the second Tuesday of June, and at such primary elections all persons seeking nominations for offices shall be voted for by the people directly. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to do or commit, or advise, or solicit, or assist, or knowingly to permit another to do or commit any of the following acts, namelv : Directly or indirectly to give or pro mise, or offer to give any money, re ward, or other valuable consideration, or promise of influeuco or support, to any person for the purpose of influenc ing his or any other person's vote at a primarv election. To threaten any person, or use any other means of intimidation, in order to influence or obstruct an elector's vote at any primary election, or to in terfere with or influence the action of any election offioer in the lawful dis charge of his duties at such election. To suppress, conceal, carry away or destroy the official ballots of any party. Directly or indirectly to pay any ex penses incurred by a candidate, or any oue in his interest, in consideration of his withdrawal, or to give, offer or promise any reward,office employment or support to a candidate or to any other person in consideration of the withdrawal, or to procure the with drawal of such candidate. To act as an election officer when not duly elected or appointed,or with out being sworn according to law. To disclose how any person voted,or ] to permit any person not authorized by law to inspeot or learn the con- j tents of any ballot,or to fail to destroy the ballots as provided by law. Knowingly to receive the vote of a person not legally qualified to vote at the place where he offers to vote, or knowingly to refuse to receive ami count the vote of a person qualified to vote at such place. Knowingly to receive deposit or j count any ballot or ballots not voted i by a person or persons legally qualifi ed to vote. For any person other than an afficer charged by law with the care of the ballots, or a person entrusted by any such officer with the care of the same for a purpose required by law, or to have in his possession outside of the voting room any official ballot, or for any person to make or have iu his pos session any counterfeit of an official ballot. Any person committing any of the foregoing prohibited acts shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con viction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and not exceeding five thousand dollars, or to undergo imprisonment for a term of imt less than one year and not exceeding five years, iu the penitentiary, or either or both, in the discretion of the court. All laws and parts of laws incon sistent herewith shall be and the same are hereby repealed. Former Danville Lady 111. Miss Mary E. Paul, a former well known young lady of this city, is ly ing seriously ill at her home on East Commerce street, Shamokin, suffering with a severe attack of spinal menin getis. Let no citizen neglect the caucuses and primaries. NO 8 ELECTRIC RAILWAYS I FREIGHT CAIIERS The sentiment iii favor of electric . railways carrying freight is steadily r growing. This is a matter of the ut most importance to a large proportion . of the citizens of the state who will be greatly benefitted by a large reduc tion in the local freight rates which , hey are now forced to pay. It is of particular importance to the agricul turist s, citizens of country towns ami storekeepers of country towns. electric railways in every state surrounding Pennsylvania are today carrying freight,and tiie citizens have found it a source of saving,much | added convenience and a strong factor I in contributing to the success of busi- I ness in the suburban and rural dis tricts. Farm land near railroad freight sta tions commands a much higher value than farm land along trolley lines remote from steam railroad stations; if olectric railways be granted the right to carry freight this condition of affairs will bo reversed—farmers living along electric lines remote from steam railroad freight stations will in stead of having to drive many miles every day to a steam railroad freight station, be enabled to load their pro ducts on electric' railways practically at their frout doors in many instances; this will give them an equal advant age to that enjoyed by farmers living near a qfeam railroad freight station— they will have the added advantage, however, of cheaper freight rates on the electric railways—more frequent freight service and quick delivery of freight. This should enhance the value of all farm lauds along freight carry ing electric railways to figures far in excess of the values of farms now ap proximate to steam railroad freight stations. The freight consigned over electric railways would also be delivered at its destination and not at central freight depots from whence it would have to be carried to its ultimate destination. The storekeepers in the smaller towns, and even cities of considerable size, would be greatly benefitted by direct freight communication by electric rail way from their store frout with the store front of the wholesaler from whom they make their purchases. The saving in haulage, as well as the sav ing in reduced freight rates, will be of enormous value to these business men. Referred to Our Councllmen. Danville, Pa., Jan. 16th, 1906. To The Intelligencer. One of the most striking features of a town is the neat and attractive ap pearance of *it streets and the side walks and its sanitation. The last Legislature of Pennsylvania undoubted ly thought so when it passed an Act prohibiting the throwing of waste paper, sweepings, ashes, household waste,nails or rubbish of any kind in to any street, in any city, borough or township of the Commonwealth, affix ing upon the violator the cost of pros ecution and the forfeit and paying of a fine not exceeding ten dollars, for each and every such offence, and pro viding that in default of the payment thereof the violator shall be committ ed and imprisoned in the County jail of the proper county for a period not exceeding ten days. The Act referred to was approved on the 20th day of April A. D. 1905. Notwithstanding, the enactment of this meritorious legislation it is a not orious fact that some of the streets in our town have had wagon loads of ashes, containing nails, broken dishes and tin cans, deposited on them evid ently for the purpose of filling up a low place in such streets. We think the town should have a due regard for the law and be possessed of more civic pride than to use a prohibited article for street material. This is not intended to criticise but simply to suggest what we believe to be for the betterment of our town. If a stranger,contemplating locating here, should pass along this particular street and see the above described con dition, what would be his impression of our town? Let all public improve ments bear such appearance as will •cause praiseworthy comment. R. T. Elks Entertain. Danville Lodge, No. 754, B. P. O. Elks, entertained a number of the gentlemen friends of the members at the rooms in the Groue building last evening. The large room on the third floor, which lends itself easily to the hand of the decorator, was tastily and beatifully decked for the occasion. Here a number of tables had been pro vided where the members and their guests might play cards. In the social rooms on the second floor other games were in progress. During the evening refreshments were served. Last evening's affair is but one of a series of delightful entertainments that the Elks have been giving from time to time. The following committee was in charge of last night's social: Ralph Kisner, Edward Purpur, Arthur H. Woolley, Edward Ellenbogen, Harry P. Phile, R. B. Diehl and Charles H. Snyder. Wines That Rival the World. Fine rich, old Port Wine, Burgundy, Socialite (Claret) vin. 1881, from Speer's vineyards, in New Jersey, old er and are far superior to other Amer ican wines.